_Jeff: I'm using this page to jot down some ideas for a proposal on an expanded role for the "team" email list_

**Proposal:**

Team is currently a group of people who "keep PLOTS going" - both staff and volunteer. This page explores the idea of renaming the group "core" and expanding it's role in leading the PLOTS community in a more participatory and representative way.

* Rename "team" to "core"?
  * back it with a google group for moderation etc.
  * (export/backup google groups)
* Post an open invitation to the "core" list
  * vote required to join?
  * requirements? have organized an event? 
  * nomination?
* Core gets voting power
* Core can join working groups?
  * some working groups are nonprofit-only, like retail?
  * clear delineation of responsibilities, decisionmaking
* Core is intended to outgrow staff but not to render it obsolete
* Concretize staff support responsibilities:
  * production: retail, print publications
  * infrastructure: archive, software & web hosting
  * legal entity to negotiate with institutions
  * umbrella to raise money for community works and paid positions
  * beholden to community (mandate)?
* Convert one of the staff calls to an open call (friday)

**Related**

* Reduce private meetings and locked pages, including weekly staff call notes
* "how to start a chapter" page
* in general, "how to become an organizer of PLOTS community/events/projects" info
* more "how to organize X" pages like:
  * http://publiclaboratory.org/wiki/host-a-balloon-mapping-workshop